Abstract: A method for performing multi-camera automatic patrol control with aid of statistics data in a surveillance system and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: utilizing any camera of a plurality of cameras to capture a plurality of reference images along a plurality of capturing directions of the camera, and performing image analysis operations on the reference images to generate statistics data; performing importance estimation operations according to the statistics data to generate a plurality of importance estimation values respectively corresponding to the capturing directions; selecting one of the capturing directions as a predetermined scheduling direction of the camera according to the importance estimation values; and during a time interval of a plurality of time intervals of a scheduling plan, controlling the camera to capture a series of images along the predetermined scheduling direction to monitor the predetermined scheduling direction.